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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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